Hello and welcome to...
"Speak American English with Lyman Holton"
My name is Lyman Holton.
In this lesson, you and me are going to have a conversation...
as two people going to the airport and leaving for a trip.
Are you ready?
Repeat everything I say for Lyman and Kelly.
Are you ready to go, Lyman?
Yes, I have my bags packed. How about you?
I'm all set. How many suitcases are you bringing?
Now remember, the words in "red" print are words you may want to look up in your translator.
To help you better understand the conversation.
I'm all set. How many suitcases are you bringing?
Just two. I'll put the larger one in checked baggage and carry-on the other.
Yep, same here. I tried to get everything into one, but that didn't work.
What do you think? Should we drive to the airport?
I think it'll be cheaper to take a taxi. Then we don't have "to" pay for parking.
No, the airport's too far away to take a taxicab. It'd cost too much.
Well, that's true, Lyman. So, what should we do?
How about this idea? We take a taxi to the bus station.
And, take a bus to the airport! Now that's a good idea.
(A little later.)
Wow, I didn't know this airport was so big.
Yeah, it's huge. Where do we check-in for our flight?
It looks like the ticket counter for our airline is way across the terminal.
Oh yeah. I see it over there. Let's hurry up and get checked-in.
(Still later.)
Okay, so we checked-in our baggage and got our boarding passes.
Yeah, now we just me too get through the security checkpoint.
Let's pull out our passports, Kelly. The TSA agent has to see them.
Oh, great, Lyman. Now we have to open our bags, take off our shoes ...
Oh, it's no big deal, Kelly. We'll be on our plane soon, headed for Hawaii!
Let's begin our 1st conversation!
Speak out loud as Kelly. Just listen when Lyman speaks.
Are you ready to go, Lyman?
Yes, I have my bags packed. How about you?
I'm all set. How many suitcases are you bringing?
Just two. I'll put the larger one in checked baggage and carry-on the other.
Yep, same here. I tried to get everything into one, but that didn't work.
What do you think? Should we drive to the airport?
I think it'll be cheaper to take a taxi. Then we don't have to pay for parking.
No, the airport's too far away to take a taxicab. It'd cost too much.
Well, that's true, Lyman. So, what should we do?
How about this idea? We take a taxi to the bus station.
And, take a bus to the airport! Now that's a good idea.
Wow, I didn't know this airport was so big.
Yeah, it's huge. Where do we check-in for our flight?
It looks like the ticket counter for our airline is way across the terminal.
Oh, yeah. I see it over there. Let's hurry up and get checked-in.
Okay, so we checked-in our baggage and got our boarding passes.
Yeah, now we just need to get through the security checkpoint.
Let's pull out our passports, Kelly. The TSA agent has to see them.
Oh, great, Lyman. Now we have to open our bags, take off our shoes ...
Oh, it's no big deal, Kelly. We'll be on our plane soon, headed for Hawaii!
Let's begin our 2nd conversation!
Let's switch dialogs. I'm still Lyman. You're still Kelly.
Are you ready to go, Kelly?
Yes, I have my bags packed. How about you?
I'm all set. How many suitcases are you bringing?
Just two. I'll put the larger one in checked baggage and carry-on the other.
Yep, same here. I tried to get everything into one, but that didn't work.
What do you think? Should we drive to the airport?
I think it'll be cheaper to take a taxi. Then we don't have to pay for parking.
No, the airport's to far away to take a taxicab. It'd cost too much.
Well, that's true, Kelly. So, what should we do?
How about this idea? We take a taxi to the bus station.
And, take a bus to the airport! Now that's a good idea.
Wow, I didn't know this airport was so big.
Yeah, it's huge. Where do we check-in for our flight?
It looks like the ticket counter for our airline is way across the terminal.
Oh, yeah. I see it over there. Let's hurry up and get checked-in.
Okay, so we checked-in our baggage and got our boarding passes.
Yeah, now we just need to get through the security checkpoint.
Let's pull out our passports, Lyman. The TSA agent has to see them.
Oh, great, Kelly. Now we have to open our bags, take off our shoes ...
Oh, it's no big deal, Lyman. We'll be on our plane soon, headed for Hawaii!
That concludes this lesson.
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